Author: Gregg Glaser

September 10, 2009 - Gregg Glaser
Belgica (7.2%) from Great Divide Brewing (CO) is a Belgian-style India pale ale brewed with Belgian pilsner malt, lots of American and European hops and a Belgian yeast strain. It’s named for the Roman word for the Low Countries. Belgica follows on the heels of two other Belgian-style ales brewed by Great Divide and released... View Article

May 28, 2009 - Gregg Glaser
On May 26, a huge wind and hailstorm caused serious damage to German hop fields in the areas of Hallertau and Tettnang, the world’s largest hop-growing region. Early estimates were that 2,500 hectares of 15,000 hectares planted with hops in the Hallertau region were damaged. Czech hops fields were also damaged by the same storm.

January 1, 2009 - Gregg Glaser
Lost If it’s Wednesday, It Must be Belgium (or is that Brazil?) What happened to big U.S. breweries being owned by Americans? (Correct that to North Americans; no, we need to be more specific—North Americans who are citizens of the U.S.A.). Well, there’s no need to be jingoistic about it, but here’s the scorecard and... View Article

May 1, 2008 - Gregg Glaser
It’s Ireland’s turn. Guidebooks for beer and cider lovers exist for many countries with great brewing traditions, and Ireland needed a good one. This is it, the first book to discuss in detail all the breweries and cideries in Ireland—both in the North and the Republic. Iorwerth Griffiths, originally from Wales but now based in... View Article

November 1, 2007 - Gregg Glaser
Bill Yenne has written extensively on beer and brewing history for two decades. With this newest of his 40 books, Yenne tackles the story of Guinness, a nearly mythological beer around the world. Guinness is so dear to Yenne’s heart, he titled his prologue “The World’s Greatest Beer,” and he makes a case for that... View Article

July 1, 2007 - Gregg Glaser
Things happen in bars. Goods things, bad things, important things and unimportant things. New York City has been an important American city for well over a century, and the bars of new York have seen their share of “things,” whether the bar has been a down and dirty booze hall or an upscale, swanky place.

March 1, 2007 - Gregg Glaser
“I became unhappy with the traditional glasses for Samuel Adams Boston Lager,” said Jim Koch of The Boston Beer Co. “These glasses weren’t presenting the beer at its best to the drinker and not properly enhancing the ingredients and the brewer’s intent.”